Legal Opinion
Watkins Ex Rel. Watkins v. Watkins
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1929PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Green
The complainants, minors suing by their mother who is their regular guardian, filed this bill against their uncle, Roy L. Watkins, to charge with a trust in their favor certain land in Alabama, the title to which now stands in the defendant in fee.
A demurrer' was interposed by the defendant, which was overruled, and the chancellor in his discretion allowed an appeal.
The complainants set out in their bill that they were the children of Eugene Watkins, deceased); that Eugene Watkins and defendant Roy Watkins were sons of T. J. Watkins, likewise deceased; that the grandfather of the complainants…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Massie v. WattsSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Fall v. EastinSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Acker v. PriestSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Fisk's Appeal From Doings of CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- MacGregor v. MacGregorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
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3Cited by21 opinions
- McAllester v. Aldridge (In Re Anderson)District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1983
- Greene v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
- Mills v. MillsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- Mandley v. BackerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Greene v. GreeneCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1954
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